Tampa Bay Frogman Swim

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The Pyramid of Open Water Success

Open Water Swimming Safety

Conference Videos“Fantastic seminar. Shelley was terrific. Great choice for the opening speaker. I enjoyed Chris Brewster & Ralph’s input in the first session. Great stuff. It was interesting to listen to the thoughts of the panel in session #2. In the afternoon I went to Safety in Ocean Water Swims, Cold Water & Marathon Swims. Dr Miller provided very valuable information in an accessible way. The panel for Marathon Swims was unbelievable. It speaks volumes that you could pull all of those people together in one place. I could have listened to that panel exchange information for hours.”

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Open Water Swimming Ambassadors

Drury Gallagher, who kick-started the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim in the 1980s, was back in town to accept his second Hall of Fame honor. The Hall of Fame masters swimmer with 27 world records was inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame and gave a humble, funny and historical speech looking back upon his illustrious career.

HOT TRENDS IN THE OPEN WATER

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Beat the Boredom… Swim with Music

The Man Who Swam the Amazon

Strel Swimming Adventures

Lake Powell´s geological formations in the southwestern region of the United States are about as magnificent as anyone can imagine. This second largest man-made reservoir on the Colorado River, straddling the border between Utah and Arizona is surrounded by the beautiful red rocks, sandy beaches and clear blue water.
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Open Water Swimming Book

Open Water Swimming is an essential guide to maneuvering the open-water environment and describes how to prepare logistically, physically, and mentally for open-water swims. The book includes stroke techniques, racing tactics, and training plans for triathlon, middle-distance, and marathon-distance swims.

Greatest Feeling In The World Outside Your Comfort Zone

“…is the most challenging facet of the sport. It is the greatest feeling in the world, being in the ocean when it is at its wildest states. You are removing yourself from your comfort level, into a place where you are no longer entirely in control of what’s happening around you. It’s from this place of vulnerability, that I feel like I can explore my greatest physical and mental capabilities.

And, of course, it’s a heck of a lot of fun.”

Was it…

1. Stephen Redmond talking about swimming through jellyfish broods in the North Channel?
2. Darren Miller in the middle of rough seas in the Tsugaru Channel?
3. Forrest Nelson at night during a circumnavigation of Catalina Island?
4. Penny Palfrey swimming over a Great White Shark in the Santa Barbara Channel?
5. Donal Buckley going out for a winter swim off the coast of Ireland?
6. Ram Barkai competing in the Russian Winter Swimming Championships?
7. Lynne Cox crossing the Bering Strait?
8. Jen Schumacher upon reaching the shores of Niihau in the midst of giant surf?
9. Ashley Twichell talking about the last loop of a professional marathon swim?
10. Evan Morrison speaking in his upcoming documentary film “DRIVEN“?
11. Jamie Patrick swimming late at night on Lake Tahoe?
12. Greg Long talking about big-wave surfing?

The quote could possibly be stated by any of them, but it was Greg Long who was recently crowned the Big Wave World Champion who said it to the Orange County Register. With plenty of Billabong XXL Big Wave awards and stunt work in the Hollywood movie “Chasing Mavericks” to his credit, the 29-year-old surfer is readily acknowledged as one of the world’s most accomplished surfers.

An Almanacfor Open Water Swimming
An almanac is essentially a body of knowledge which is so complete that it enables people in different fields to make predictions about the future of their respective industries.